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<div role="main"><h1>Importing and exporting templates</h1>

<p>You can import and export templates.</p>

<p><strong>Note:</strong> A template must be an .xml file formatted as follows:</p>

<pre>&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot; ?&gt; 
&lt;templates&gt;
&lt;template name=&quot;author&quot; description=&quot;author name&quot; context=&quot;C&quot; enabled=&quot;true&quot;&gt;author ${user}&lt;/template&gt; 
&lt;/templates&gt;</pre>
<img src="../images/code_templates.png" alt="Templates Preferences">

<p>To import a template</p>
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  <li>Click <strong>Window &gt; Preferences</strong>.</li>
  <li>Expand <strong>C/C++</strong>, expand <strong>Editor</strong> and click <strong>Templates</strong>.
  </li>
  <li>Click <strong>Import</strong>.</li>
  <li>Select the template file that you want to import.</li>
  <li>Click <strong>OK</strong>.<br>
  The template list is updated to include the template that you imported.</li>
</ol>
<p>To export a template</p>

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  <li>Click <strong>Window &gt; Preferences</strong>.</li>
  <li>Expand <strong>C/C++</strong>, expand <strong>Editor</strong> and click <strong>Templates</strong>.</li>
  <li>Select the templates that you want to export and click the <strong>Export...</strong> button. The Export Templates dialog opens.</li>
  <li>In <strong>File name</strong> box, type the path&nbsp; where you want your templates file to be saved.</li>
  <li>Click <strong>Save</strong>.<br>
  The templates.xml file containing the templates you exported is saved in your file system.</li>
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